US3824545A - Arrangement for collecting and/or distributing information via transmission lines - Google Patents

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US3824545A
US3824545A US00303979A US30397972A US3824545A US 3824545 A US3824545 A US 3824545A US 00303979 A US00303979 A US 00303979A US 30397972 A US30397972 A US 30397972A US 3824545 A US3824545 A US 3824545A
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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement for collecting and/or distributing information which is exchanged between a master station and n terminal stations via m collecting lines.
  • the mode in which the information is transferred in parallel i.e., the coded information is transferred via a number of lines which is equal to the number of bits of the characters in the code used, all bits of the same character being simultaneously transferred.
  • the mode in which the information is transferred in series i.e., the coded information is sequentially transferred via one line.
  • each interrogation of a terminal station or each transfer of information from a terminal station must be preceded by the address of said terminal station.
  • the arrangement comprises a minimum number of transmission lines and also a minimum number of electronic circuits; this is possible in that use is made of a ordered mutually time-shift of the informations which enter or leave the terminal stations, the terminal stations being connected in series so that each terminal station is actuated after the preceding terminal station and before the subsequent terminal station.
  • each terminal station is provided with a delay unit which is actuated by the trailing edge of the pulse supplied by the preceding terminal station and which in turn supplies a pulse.
  • the exchange of information between said terminal station and the master station is effected during the time interval which corresponds to the pulse supplied by the terminal station.
  • each terminal station is connected to the preceding terminal station via a transmission line, the first terminal station being connected to the master station via a transmission line, each terminal station comprising a delay unit which delays a pulse which is originally transferred from the master station to the first terminal station and which is consecutively transmitted to all terminal stations via the transmission line by a given time interval.
  • a preferred embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that the delay unit comprises a first and a second monostable circuit.
  • the first monostable circuit determines the beginning of the pulse which is applied to the subsequent terminal station, while the end of said pulse is determined by the second monostable circuit.
  • a terminal station comprises a distribution circuit which is connected to the output of the delay unit and which distributes the delayed pulse to one or more of m collecting lines.
  • FIG. I shows a block diagram of a system comprising terminal stations and a master station for practicing the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a terminal station.
  • FIG. 3 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a terminal station.
  • FIG. 4 shows time diagrams of voltages which appear at a number of points of a terminal station.
  • FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the master station.
  • the master station 10 in FIG. 1 is connected to n terminal stations T T T,, T,,via the transmission line 20, the terminal station T, being connected to the master station at point 21.
  • the arrangement comprises m collecting lines L L L, which are connected on the one side to the terminal stations T T T, and on the other side to the master station at the points P P P,,,.
  • the operation of the arrangement is as follows.
  • the master station 10 transmits a pulse at point 21 via the transmission line 20.
  • the terminal station T delays this pulse by a given time interval and subsequently transmits this pulse to the subsequent terminal station T As long as the pulse is being transmitted by the terminal station T information can be exchanged between the master station 10 and the terminal station T via the collecting lines L L L,,,. The terminal station T also delays the pulse it receives by a given time interval before transmitting this pulse to the subsequent terminal station etc. until the terminal station T, is reached. The exchange of information between the master station and each terminal station is thus performed in a given time interval, each terminal station being actuated before the subsequent terminal station and after the preceding terminal station.
  • FIG. 2 shows only one terminal station T, (i 1,2, ,n) and the connections to the terminal stations T and T via the transmission line 20.
  • the line 20 is divided in two parts 21 and 22 respectively.
  • the first part 21 is connected to the monostable circuit 11 which is connected to the distribution circuit 14.
  • the second part 22 is connected to the monostable circuit 12 whichis also connected to the distribution circuit 14.
  • the circuit 14 is connected to the collecting lines L L L,, and to the transmission line 20.
  • this pulse actuates the monostable circuit 11, having a period 1 and the monostable circuit 12 which has a period 1', (-r, 1').
  • the end of the pulse of the monostable circuit 12 determines the beginning of a pulse which is applied to the various lines by the circuit 14, the end of the pulse of the monostable circuit 11 determining the end of said pulse which therefore has a duration which is equal to 1 1,. Consequently, an appropriate choice of the components of the monostable circuits l1 and 12 is sufficient to obtain a delayed pulse having a width which is equal to the width of the previous pulse.
  • this width is of little importance if one of the lines L,, L,, L,,, is used for synchronization in the direction of the master station, which means that all pulses transmitted by the terminal stations are transmitted to the master station via one synchronization line.
  • FIG. 3 shows the diagram of an embodiment of the terminal station in which the line 20 is connected to the resistor R, at point 31.
  • the resistor R is connected to the resistor R and the Zener diode Z,.
  • the emitter of the transistor TR is connected to the potential +V.
  • the base of said transistor is connected to the resistor R and the other end of the Zener diode Z,.
  • the collector of the transistor TR is connected in series, via diode D, and resistor R to the base of the transistor TR, and the capacitor C, (at point 32), and is furthermore connected to the series connection of the resistors R, and R
  • the collector of the transistor TR is connected to the potential +V.
  • the emitter of transistor TR is connected to the junction 33 of the resistors R, and R
  • the other end 36 of resistor R is connected to the base of transistor TR 3 and to the capacitor C, which is connected to the resistors R, and R at point 37.
  • the emitter of the transistor TR is connected to ground and the collector is connected at point 34 to the capacitor C the resistor R and the Zener diode 2,.
  • the diode Z is connected to the resistor R and the base of the transistor TR,.
  • the emitter of the transistor TR is connected to ground, the collector of this transistor being connected at point 35 to the diode D, which is connected to the synchronization line L,,, and to the two-position switch 38 which either feeds the collector signal via the diode D and the line to the subsequent terminal station, or to the line L,, the diode D, and the point 43. From the point 43 the signal proceeds to the two-position switches 39, 40, 41, 42 which are connected to the lines L,, L,,, L, and L, via the diodes D D D and D,,, respectively. From the diode D, the signal proceeds to line 20 and the subsequent terminal station.
  • FIG. 4 shows the voltages V,,,, V V V V and V which appear at the points 31, 32, 34, 35, 36 and 37, respectively, in FIG. 3, Ar being the width of the pulse which is transmitted by the preceding terminal station and which starts at the instant 1,, r, and 1 being the periods of the first and the second monostable circuit which were described with reference to FIG. 2 and whose pe riod duration is determined by the capacitor C and the capacitor C,, respectively, shown in FIG. 3.
  • the terminal station receives a pulse at the point 31 of line 20 which has a width A -r and an amplitude -V (in the rest state the line has a voltage +V. in the operating state this voltage amounts to zero).
  • the transistor TR which was initially cut off becomes conducting and the capacitor C, is quickly charged via the resistor R, (V in FIG. 4), while at the point 37 a voltage (V in FIG. 4) prevails which is substantially equal to:
  • the pulse terminates at the instant I, A r and the voltage at point 31 becomes equal to +V again.
  • the voltage at point 32 ramains substantially constant during the entire time interval under consideration, the capacitor C, being discharged with a very large time constant.
  • the transistor TR is cut off, but the transistor TR remains saturated with the result that the capacitor C is linearly charged via R, to the Zener voltage V of the Zener diode Z, during a time interval 1", (V in FIG. 4).
  • the embodiment of the terminal station shown in FIG. 3 comprises switches by means of which the following functions can be realized:
  • the operator of the terminal station can announce his presence (in FIG. 4 the switch 38 is shown in the position absent") by transmitting the delayed pulse also via line L,,.
  • the switch 39, 40, 41, 42 three possible answers, YES, NO and NO OPINION, can be given to a question which is asked by the operator of the master station.
  • the switch 40 the answer NO can be given, while the answer YES can be given by means of the switch 41 and the answer NO OPINION by means of the switch 42. If the operator of the terminal station is present while he does not wish to vote, the answer NO OPINION is automatically transmitted via the switch 39 which is coupled to the switches 40, 41 and 42.
  • the diode D transmits the pulse from the point 35 to the line L, which is synchronization line, which means that all delayed pulses are transmitted to this line with the result that the terminal stations can be counted and the interrogation can be stopped after a predetermined number of terminal stations has been counted.
  • FIG. 5 shows the block diagram of the master station 10.
  • the transmission lines L,, L,, L,,, L, and L, are con nected to the said master station 10 at the points P,, P P,,, P, and P,., respectively, and are connected in the master station to the pulse shapers 1,, 1 I I, and 1
  • the pulse shaper I is connected to the counter CT, which counts the synchronization pulses originating from the synchronization line L,,.
  • the counter CT 5 is connected to the comparison unit 59 which is connected to a display unit 60.
  • the pulse-shaper 1 is connected to the AND-gates 50 and 51.
  • the output of AND-gate 51 is connected to the counter CT...
  • the output of AND-gate 50 is connected to the stop unit 61, by means of which the master station can be switched off.
  • the pulseshaper I is connected to the ORgate 56, the logic gate 57 and the AND-gate 52, the outputof the latter gate being connected to the counter CT;,.
  • pulseshaper I is connected to the OR-gate 56, the logic gate 57 and the AND-gate 53, the output of the latter gate being connected to the counter CT
  • the pulseshaper l is connected to the OR-gate 56, the logic gate 57 and the AND-gate 54, the output of the latter gate being connected to the counter CT,.
  • the output of the logic gate 57 is connected to the AND-gate 51, the
  • the unit 58 can transmit a pulse on line 20 to the first terminal station so as to commence the interrogation process of the terminal stations.
  • the results of the process are added by the abovementioned counters of the master station which have access to the display unit 60 in order to display the results.
  • a participant of the system wishes to give the answer YES, he operates the switch 41 with the result that, when the pulse arrives'at the terminal station, a pulse is applied to the line L Regardless of the answer, a pulse is also applied to the line L and to the line L in the latter case it is assumed that the participant operated the switch 38 when he entered the terminal stallOl'l.
  • the pulse of the line L is applied to the AND-gate 50.
  • the pulse of the line L is applied once via the logic gate 57 to the AND-gate 53, once directly and once via the OR-gate 56 and the AND-gate 50, the latter gate being prepared by the pulse from line L, in order to allow passage of the output pulse of OR-gate 56.
  • Each of the inputs of the AND-gate 53 then receives a pulse simultaneously, with the result that this gate supplies a pulse to the counter CT
  • This pulse increases the counting position by one. in this manner the number of answers YES is totalled by counter CT
  • the case where the participant wishes to give the answer NO is completely analogous to the preceding case.
  • This answer is then added to the number of answers NO OPINION.
  • This facility can be switched off by setting the switch 39 to its other position which is not shown.
  • the pulse of line L are counted by the counter CT The position of this counter thus indicates at any instant the number of stations passed by the interrogation pulse.
  • the logic gate 57 has a logic function such that it supplies a pulse only if a pulse is received on only one input and not on more than one input. This constitutes a protection against unvalid answers which can be given by a participant by simultaneous operation of two or more of the switches 40, 41 and 42. The result thereof would be that the master station receives a pulse simultaneously from two or more of the lines L L and L;,. In this case logic gate 57 does not suply an output pulse. As a result, the AND-gate is not blocked during the output pulse of AND-gate 50 so that this pulse increases the position of counter CT by one. This counter thus totals the number of unvalid an swers. The total number of valid answers is totalled by the counter CT., the position of which is increased by one for each valid answer by the cooperation of the pulse of lie L and the output pulse of logic-state 57 in the AND-gate 51.
  • the master station comprises a unit 61 for fixing the counter positions a the instant at which a defect occurs or at the instant at hich counter CT reaches a predetermined position.
  • Defects can cause a variety of errors, some of which can be readily detected. For example, the appearance of a pulse on line L must always be accompanied by the appearance of a pulse on one of the lines L,, L and L if this condition is not satisfied, the system does not function properly. This condition is checked by AND-gate 50. If AND-gate 50 does not supply a pulse at the instant at which a pulse is received from line L the unit 61 is actuated and it can be deduced from the fixed position of counter CT, at which terminal station the error occurred.
  • a given counting position corresponding to the number of terminal stations can be adjusted. This counting position is continuously compared with the position of counter CT At the instant at which the position of counter CT becomes equal to the preset position, comparison unit 59 actuates the unit 61 and the display unit 60, so that the latter displays the fixed positions of the counters CT to CT,. Because each terminal station applies a pulse to the master station via line L independent of the presence of a participant and independent of the answer, the system will be stopped after the interrogation pulse has passed all stations so that each station has had the chance of returning an answer.
  • a system comprising a master station and agiven number of terminal stations as described can be applied in many fields, for example, as a voting machine, and in general in all cases where it is necessary to connect different points of a system (terminal stations) to one and the same point (master station).
  • the described embodiment relates to an arrangement for collecting information which is transmitted to a master station by terminal stations.
  • a system for distributing information comprising a master station, output terminal means on the master station for providing an interrogating pulse, a plurality of information signal input terminals on the master station for receiving information pulses, n terminal stations, an interrogating pulse input terminal on each terminal station, an interrogating pulse output terminal on each terminal station, delay means in each terminal station connected to the interrogating pulse input and interrogating pulse output terminals thereof for providing a delayed interrogating pulse on the interrogating pulse output terminal in response to an interrogating pulse on the input terminal thereof, a plurality of information signal control terminals on each terminal station corresponding to the information signal input terminals of the master station, means for connecting the output terminal of the master station to the interrogating pulse input terminal of a first of the terminal stations, means connecting the interrogating pulse output terminal of the first terminal station to the interrogating pulse input terminal of a second of the terminal stations, means for connecting the interrogating pulse output of each but the last.
  • the terminal stations are serially interconnected with the master station and each sequentially receive a delayed interrogating pulse in response to the interrogating pulse provided by the master station, manually controllable distribution means in each terminal station for coupling the delayed interrogating pulse selectively to each of the information signal output terminals thereof, and means connecting corresponding information signal output terminals of the terminal stations in parallel to the corresponding information signal input terminals of the master station.
  • the manually controllable distribution means in each terminal station comprises a plurality of switches for selectively supplying the delayed interrogating pulse in the terminal station to the information signal output terminals of the terminal station, and wherein the master station further comprises means connected to each of the information signal input terminals for receiving pulses therefrom-and means for counting the pulses from each of the information signal input terminals.
  • the delay means comprises a first and a second monostable circuit, the first monostable circuit determining the beginning of the pulse which is applied to the subsequent terminal station, the end of said pulse being determined 72 3; UNITED STATES IPATENT OFFICE,
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